Nandan Nilekani

Nandan Nilekani born in Sirsi, a small town of Karnataka is a renowned Indian software entrepreneur. At present, he is the co-Chairman of Infosys Technologies Ltd; of which he is also the co-founder. He is also the co-founder of India’s National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM), and well as chairs the Bangloe Agenda Task Force (BATF).

This software entrepreneur wedded an English-language writer and novelist Rohini Nilekani. The couple has two children, a daughter Janhavi and a son Nihar.

He was awarded the prestigious Padma Bhushan in the year 2004. In addition to this, he was the youngest entrepreneur to associate with the league of 20 global leaders on the World Economic Forum (WEF) Foundation Board in the year 2006.